Why would they need to do this? The decks would evolve to accommodate the lack of an abusable card by reducing conditional garbage or morphing (such as Sneak becoming Big Red and Reanimator, possibly a Grixis Variant existing.) I don't see the issue with two Tier2 combos becoming better on the back of the idealized variant taking a hit.
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oh, because Big Red or Sneak show would simply reduce "conditional garbage" like Griselbrand or Emrakul you possibly draw in multiples ... brillant idea, dood! /sarcasm
Omni-tell -> Cut garbage, splash white and/or Red. I imagine it'd become a Burning Wish E Tutor deck that durdles a bit more.
Miracles -> As if Snap-plow and Entreat become unplayable. It merely brings this deck in line with the myriad fair decks it currently completely invalidates. You *know* that Maverick player didn't play miracles or got damn lucky.
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Terminus does not invalidate ANY deck. Stick the term "fair" to yourself. It's vague and lacks substance as any deck tries to minimize interactivity to win, starting with Thalia/Mother of Runes for your example: Maverick
Except you think that UR delver is actually a good deck. It exists on the back of things like Zoo, Maverick, Junk, Jund, and DGA being hard pressed to make it to the top tables. These decks match the tempo or card advantage easily but are utterly crushed by Miracles. UR Delver would also be worse on the back of no brainstorm; nerfing this supposed problem.
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you think Terminus is the reason Zoo sucks and not combo, SFM or even TNN? Think again. Zoo was outclassed long before the Miracles mechanic saw print. Stop spreading bullshit
The very deck you're pointing to as taking over would be nerfed; do you not get that Delver and Miracles being worse means that non-blue fair decks would creep in a lot more? Terminus blowouts would be lessened. GBx decks controlled the delver population not too many years ago and things were healthy. The difference is that blue has been disproportionately buffed again; making Delver compete with these anti-delver decks.
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you have problems with timelines, no? Delver was in the same block as the Miracles Mechanic and you claim that BGx decks were fine & the meta healthy and at the same time you moan that Miracles invalidated all those "fair" BGx decks like Jund or Junk get crushed and oppressed by Terminus. That Argumentation does not make sense
The examples are terrible. You make assumptions that the other 71 cards can't change even though they already change consistently. They would simply morph into either other successful decks, former variants, etc..
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if Terminus and Entreat have to be replaced because of being bad and clunky without Brainstorm the deck named "Miracles" does no longer exist. That's what the example was all about. If you replace the Terminus and Entreat with SFM and TNN you are back to my argument made earlier, because those two cards don't need Brainstorm for setup
Delver would take a significant hit (the biggest hit) because it can't control it's hand; being forced to basically add 1-2 lands and mediocre cantrips while Delver being much less stable (luck or sorcery cantrip setup.) I don't see how Miracles (being the obvious best deck for over a year in a meta of counterbalance hate) taking a hit and becoming a regular fair deck is a big deal. It by itself invalidates so many creature decks that it limits diversity by it's mere existence.
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oh dear god! Delver decks would morph into midrange because they can't shift their tempo-components?! That's exactly what I said!
Miracles is worth a shit if your starting grip is full of Jaces, Entreats and Terminus' and you die by turn 4 die to creature beatdown while staring at your 6-mana sweepers. It does not require much brain to realize that you need to switch your control components to something cheaper and less conditional then. No Terminus/Entreat; no Miracles.dec. Period
Again, I don't have a stake in this; but your argument is garbage. I don't care that much that Brainstorm is everywhere, because I can run either side of the fence; but it does limit diversity. You seem to think that the only combo are the combo decks that exist as is; but they're optimized around a card that we're talking about getting rid of. If it were gone then these decks would either cease to be optimal combo or they'd become hybridized, etc..
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you call my argument garbage, but can't even give an educated ... what do I say ... ANY evidence, that Brainstorm is "limiting diversity" despite we're talking about decks changing/vanishing without Brainstorm? Do you seriously argue that new combo decks would spread if Brainstorm was banned even if they lack the glue which holds them together which BS is known for doing for combo?
Further you leave contradiction straight in your argument. Your argument that Belcher becomes *the* viable combo deck implies:
-That delver/FoW counts go down, but you also argue they'd stay the same or increase; you can't have both.
-It isn't a significant part of the meta and shouldn't be. This goes right to diversity. I get you're implying that it'd be the only one
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comprehend what I was saying, not what you thought I said. I hinted that Belcher-style decks are the form of combo which suffers the least from variance which is otherwise adressed by Brainstorm. That redundancy and speed would make them superior to S&T subtypes which can brick on their own combo-components if they can't fix them via Brainstorm. This would render Belcher-like combo decks the top choice for combo and the increased suffering from variance will make decks like Reanimator/S&T/FoodChain/etc even less attractive and ergo streamlines the remaining viable combo-variants
Can you really say that:
-Food Chain
-Bomberman
-Painter
-Big Red
-Reanimator
-Elves
-Storm
-Belcher
-Oops
-Dredge
-High Tide
-other things that may emerge or current decks that remain competitive (Omni, S&T)
isn't enough combo?
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Did I say it's not enough combo? No I did not. I said that same of these may extinct because of increased variance and/or because of metagame changes coming after a ban
They're just worse than the current S&T build and/or suffer from the overpopulation of Tempo. None of those require Brainstorm to survive and all benefit from the current kingpins of the format being taken down a notch (except reanimator having to deal with more Plows/DRS maybe)
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you want to tell me, that Omni, SneakShow, Storm, Foodchain, Bomberman, High Tide and Reanimator will just do fine without Brainstorm? Sorry, I stop here, because it's pointless to discuss the impact of the banning on combo decks with someone who has obviously not even a clue how those decks work, not to talk about experience piloting these.
Why would they need to do this? The decks would evolve to accommodate the lack of an abusable card by reducing conditional garbage or morphing (such as Sneak becoming Big Red and Reanimator, possibly a Grixis Variant existing.) I don't see the issue with two Tier2 combos becoming better on the back of the idealized variant taking a hit.